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individaal member do something in the way of encouraging 

 the children. Let us put in some premiums for the children 

 another year. After a while these older ones like Kellogg 

 and myself will have to give up. We want some younger 

 ones. That is one work of importance, I think. 



Mr. Stickney — I think we ought to put ourselves on 

 record as to this tree peddling business. I think we owe it 

 to the people to make an expression on this subject. It will 

 amount to just this, that the people who read the report of 

 the meeting through the papers and our volume, will clear 

 our skirts of responsibility. I think we want to pass some- 

 thing in that direction. One thing more, are there no 

 papers at Sparta? 



Mr. Ring — There are three. 



Mr. Stickney — What are they good for if they don't ex- 

 pose that thing? 



Mr. Ring — Nothing. I think, though, if we pass a resolu- 

 tion here, it will be published in the papers there. 



Mr. Stickney — Wherever a paper is published and this 

 business is going on in a county, the paper most circulated 

 in that town, is the medium in which to circulate that in- 

 formation, and if no one has interest enough to circulate the 

 report of it you have nothing to complain of. Something 

 of that kind ought to be on record for our own benefit. It 

 may be exposed every month for a year and not suppress it 

 Half the people do not read and do not think, and the agents 

 are always ready with a bigger lie. 



Mr. Ring — I would suggest that these exposures have 

 been too gentle. 



Mr. Stickney —It is only two years since the head and 

 front of this thing was President of the Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation of this country. 



Mr. Phillips — There is one thing I wish should be em- 

 bodied in that resolution. I don't think we should pass over 

 without some action the action of this man in shoving aside 

 such a man as G. P. Pfeffer and keeping him at home while 

 the other man is sent to Washington. I think we are like 

 the woman who went out with the tongs, we can show 

 which side we are on. 



